Posts Tagged With: Cream cheese

I took a break from trying new recipes and, well, cooking in general, for the entire month of April! I didn’t make up my meal plans for the month and I didn’t really even cook a lot! I used up a lot of the meat I had in the freezer and added noodles or rice, with a frozen vegetable and called that dinner…..that is, when they weren’t have peanut butter for the millionth time! Well, I am back on track and have my meals planned out for the whole month of May and I finished grocery shopping for the meals (using coupons, of course!)! It does feel good to be back on track! So, Monday I decided to make a new recipe I was holding on to. It sounded and looked very delicious and I had the ingredients for it!

Make It

BEAT cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Gradually beat in punch concentrate. Whisk in Cool Whip and crushed strawberries until well blended. Pour over cookies.

FREEZE 6 hours or until firm. Remove from freezer 15 min. before serving. Let stand at room temperature to soften slightly. Garnish with whole berries just before serving.

My cake took longer to freeze. It may have been because I was gone all day, after making the cake, to find the freezer was open just a bit. It didn’t ruin any food, it just didn’t allow for the cake to freeze! Everyone seemed to like it and didn’t complain too much they had to wait until the next day to try it!

It seemed a summery type dessert and was nice to have on a warm, sunny, spring day!

Good morning! So, first thing I had to do this morning was check on my cheesecake and see if and how well it set. I actually did it correctly! Having a spring-board really helped. The pictures above show it. Of course I had to “try” a piece….for breakfast…..I did have hot Orange Spice tea to balance the sweetness! It was good, though I wasn’t very fond of the graham cracker crust. It tasted bitter to me. I’ll have to find another recipe for the crust. Overall I am pleased with the results. Today is one of our scheduled off days from school. Nothing very special planned, just hang around!